Wordle has firmly established itself as a delightful daily brain-teaser that sharpens vocabulary and pattern recognition.

Many readers like to print out the puzzles from our online newspaper and tackle them with pen or pencil. But immensely ...

SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST: The LAST word of each theme answer is a synonym of the word BEST: TOP, PRIME, and PEAK. I feel like there's a missed opportunity here in not scheduling this puzzle on the ...

Today, INCOGNITO TAB makes a great theme pointing at the hidden TAB in each theme answer. Thank you, Maddy, for this enjoyable puzzle.

ABBA (28A: "Dancing Queen" band) Click this link if you need a dose of ABBA's 1976 song, "Dancing Queen" to brighten your day. (You do, you really do...) You can dance, you can jive / Having the ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

The objective of the game is to solve for the daily word puzzle, specifically five letters. The daily word, which changes every 24 hours, has been running since October 2021. As more users have ...

Hope you enjoy this puzzle! FANTASY SUITE (20A: Romantic room on "The Bachelorette") LITTLE DID WE KNOW (38A: "It was unfamiliar to us at the time, but...") MINOR SETBACK (51A: Small obstacle ...

Completing a modern-day crossword in publications like USA Today ... “My job is to help elevate their puzzle by making sure the idea works, vetoing any answers that are too obscure, revising ...

I feel like there's a missed opportunity here in not scheduling this puzzle on the LAST day of the month (or the LAST day of the year). Then again, the BEST day to solve an excellent puzzle is any ...

FRI (38D: Day after Thurs.) It's a small thing, but it makes me happy that this puzzle is appearing on Friday (FRI.). UTAH (55D: Salt Lake City's state) Salt Lake City is the capital of UTAH.